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Ever Said Goodbye

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GYou were a gypsyC, I was one GtooD  
GI only wCas one so I cDould meet someone like you
CAnd in the morGning how Dblue the skyEm  
CI don’t know wGhy I ever Dsaid goodbyeEm  
CI don’t know wGhy I ever Dsaid goodbyeG  
GYou were a fortuCne-teller, yGou read Dmy hand
GYou said CI’d leave yoDu and go off to other lands
CYou said with Ga smile tDhat one day I’d mEmake you cry
CI don’t know wGhy I ever Dsaid goodbyeEm  
CI don’t know wGhy I ever Dsaid goodbyeG  
Don’t know why Cthe seasons changeG  
Don’t know why GI am so strangeEm  
Don’t know why GI lose my heart again eaCch time I hear yoDur name
Don’t know why CI didn’t stay, doGn’t know Gwhy I didn’t sayEm  
AThat I didn’t know what Dlove was but I loved you anyway
GOver the mountaiCns, across tGhe seaD  
GIs there Csomeone who Dsometimes thinks of me?
CHow deep the oGcean, how Dblue the skyEm  
CI don’t know wGhy I ever Dsaid goodbyeEm  
CI don’t know wGhy I ever Dsaid goodbyeG  

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Ever Said Goodbye

by The Weepies

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C G D

You were a gypsy, I was one too

G C D

I only was one so I could meet someone like you

C G D Em

And in the morning how blue the sky

C G D Em

I don’t know why I ever said goodbye

C G D G

I don’t know why I ever said goodbye

G C G D

You were a fortune-teller, you read my hand

G C D

You said I’d leave you and go off to other lands

C G D Em

You said with a smile that one day I’d make you cry

C G D Em

I don’t know why I ever said goodbye

C G D G

I don’t know why I ever said goodbye

C G

Don’t know why the seasons change

G Em

Don’t know why I am so strange

G C D

Don’t know why I lose my heart again each time I hear your name

C G G Em

Don’t know why I didn’t stay, don’t know why I didn’t say

A D

That I didn’t know what love was but I loved you anyway

G C G D

Over the mountains, across the sea

G C D

Is there someone who sometimes thinks of me?

C G D Em

How deep the ocean, how blue the sky

C G D Em

I don’t know why I ever said goodbye

C G D G

I don’t know why I ever said goodbye

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